UTS: International students news

IBM looks no further than UTS in awarding 2012 fellowships

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:27:40 +1000

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UTS research students Pramod Parajuli and Jinjiu Li have been selected for the only two IBM PhD fellowships awarded in Australia this year
The fellowships seek to nurture the best of the best in the field of IT and to identify people and projects that are ...

UTS Professor is inducted into the International Nurse Research Hall of Fame

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:16:05 +1000

Professor Patricia Davidson is nationally and internationally renowned for her work in cardiovascular disease and chronic care, the health of disadvantaged women and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, doctoral education and nurse leadership.

Recognised f...

UTS Business School students to participate in unique practicum experience

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:10:57 +1000

UTS Business School students to participate in unique practicum experience with industry and university partners

The task of identifying and analysing global market opportunities for the new Eco Whisper wind turbine developed by Queensland’s Renewable Energy Solutions Austral...

Climate control

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:07:02 +1000

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Senior Lecturer Leena Thomas is part of a collaborative research project to develop a thermal comfort model for commercial buildings in India
The model aims to offer an energy efficient, low-carbon development pathway for the sector, without compromising co...

Researchers set out to profile the nip, tuck, travel phenomenon

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:06:04 +1000

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Two UTS researchers are part of ground-breaking international study of the phenomenon of cosmetic surgery tourism
An estimated 50 Australians a month are travelling to Malaysia for cosmetic surgery and researchers would like to know m...

Family Ties

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:04:24 +1000

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Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Hung Nguyen and son, PhD in biomedical engineering student, Jordan Nguyen talk about their work on the Aviator thought-controlled wheelchair
The pair also discuss their different research interes...

Red carpet dreams begin for UTS graduate

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:02:06 +1000

The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), graduate Marieka Walsh’s animated film The Hunter has been selected to screen at film conference and festival SXSW, which is an official qualifying festival for the Academy Awards Short Film competition.

Marieka’s animation The Hun...

Robotics lab promises a new world for people with disabilities

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:48:15 +1000

The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is investing $4 million in the next five years to drive research and collaboration in assistive robotics, to improve the health and quality of life of people with disabilities.

The Assistive Robotic Laboratory Project, in partnership with the ...

All-round performer

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:25:04 +1000

Karachi Koalas (opens external site), will compete in the 3D Humanoid Simulation League for the first time in ...

Gehry project opens a chance-in-a-lifetime window for UTS students

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:21:41 +1000

Gehry project offers a chance-in-a-lifetime
window for UTS studentsImage by Chris Bennet

If the announcement of Australia's first Frank Gehry...

Learning the ABC Way

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:10:14 +1000

Learning the ABC way
photo by Anna Zhu

The ABC’s journalism cadetships are among the most keenly-sought in the Australian media and this y...